According to Le Pen, the elections to the European Parliament constitute a confidence vote in Macron, and should he lose this “vote of confidence”, he will have to follow the example of General de Gaulle and step down.

“We need to be consistent. Macron is a party leader. He puts all his weight in the balance. These European elections therefore become a referendum against Macron. In these circumstances, he must do as General de Gaulle: if he loses, then he will have to leave”, the politician told the TV channel LCI.

De Gaulle left the post of the French president in April 1969 after his proposed reform of the Senate and local governments had failed to gain popular approval during the nationwide referendum.

Le Pen also accused the French president of ignoring millions of citizens and even “fighting against them”.

Earlier, Parisien newspaper notes, French President Emmanuel Macron promised to do everything in his power to prevent Marine Le Pen’s party from celebrating success in the EU Parliament elections.

A recent Ipsos poll showed that National Rally (RN) is expected to outstrip French President Emmanuel Macron’s La Republique En Marche in the upcoming European Parliament elections, with 22 percent of the vote.

According to the poll, Macron’s REM party, in turn, would slightly lag behind, with 21.5 percent of the vote.